The Latest

The White House outlined a specific role for the agency in its housing supply agenda, which has not happened before, Ginnie President Alanna McCargo said at the MBA Secondary Conference. Meanwhile, the acting head of the FHFA said preferred stock talks haven’t happened — yet.

The Federal Reserve will begin shedding as much as $47.5 billion of assets monthly starting June 1 to tamp down on inflation. But doing so could undermine the banking industry’s preferred source of liquidity.

Preliminary data from the trade group indicates that mortgage lenders an average of 5 basis points earned per loan as costs reached an all-time high.

Mark Calabria, who oversaw the two government giants under Trump and was fired by the Biden administration, said in a recent interview that the government-sponsored enterprises are once again at risk of insolvency.

In order to align financial policy with the interests of consumers, the agency should consider why these services have caught on — and remember to keep a lane open for innovation, writes the CEO of Chamber of Progress.

A property management and acquisition platform for single-family landlords is going public through a blank-check merger in a bet that investor appetite for rental houses will outlast waning enthusiasm for real estate technology stocks.

The agency now sees applications for mortgage-recovery advances approaching 3,000 per month.

The outspoken regulatory chief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau also said proposed Community Reinvestment Act reform isn’t likely to draw banks back to Federal Housing Administration lending.

A 2019 state law limits annual interest rates on many loans to 36%, but some high-cost lenders have found a way to continue operating in California by partnering with banks. Now Democratic legislators want the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to take action.

A shrinking appetite for high interest rate loans and a diminished ability to offer discount rates are aligning with more stringent requirements for lenders to get ATR/QM points and fees calculations correct, write leaders from Lenderworks.